Title :
Ytterbium-doped double-clad large-core fiber lasers with kW-level continuous-wave output power
Author :
Jeong, Yoonchan ; Sahu, Jayanta K. ; Baek, Seungin ; Alegria, Carlos ; Soh, Daniel B S ; Codemard, Christophe ; Philippov, Valery ; Richardson, David J. ; Payne, David N. ; Nilsson, Johan
Author_Institution :
Optoelecrtron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ.
Abstract :
We report highly efficient cladding-pumped ytterbium-doped fiber lasers in various configurations, generating up to 1 kW of continuous-wave output power at 1.1 mum with an 80% slope efficiency and a good beam quality
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser beams; optical fibre cladding; optical pumping; ytterbium; 1 kW; 1.1 mum; beam quality; cladding-pumped lasers; continuous-wave output power; double-clad fiber laser; kW-level output power; large-core fiber lasers; ytterbium-doped fiber laser;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
